LexBlog IP

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Suppose you have an inventor or applicant who asks you to file a patent application in the U.S. However, the applicant has limited financial resources for filing the patent application. Should you claim small entity status or micro entity status for the applicant at the time of filing the patent application?

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LexBlog IP

MAY 9, 2023

Patent applications are often filed at the last minute. Priority considerations force the application to be filed expeditiously to avoid statutory bars or catastrophic public disclosure issues. What is a Foreign Filing License? What is a Foreign Filing License? If left uncorrected, the patent would be invalid.

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Kashishipr

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

Having a robust Intellectual Property (IP) portfolio and strategizing well to maintain it can do wonders in enhancing your brand value and market share. However, keep in mind that using your IP assets to support the current and future market position of your business can prove to be a major challenge. Managing the IP Portfolio Well.

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Kashishipr

DECEMBER 28, 2021

Three pharmaceutical companies, including Enzon Pharmaceuticals, Micromet AG, and Cambridge Antibody Technology (now acquired by AstraZeneca), in September 2003 announced signing a non-exclusive cross-license agreement. In the latter case, no license or permission of any sort is required from the patent owner for commercializing the product.

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Patent Trademark Blog

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

Can you change a patent application after it has been filed? Do ideas simply stop churning in your head after a patent application has been filed? Anyone creative enough to file a patent application would likely continue to think and improve upon their innovation. You can certainly amend the claims.

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LexBlog IP

JULY 31, 2023

AI and IP Law: Podcast with Yuri Eliezer by Yuri L. Eliezer AI and Intellectual Property Law An Insightful Discussion with Yuri Eliezer The intersection of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Intellectual Property (IP) Law is becoming increasingly significant in the dynamic landscape of technology and innovation.

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Patent Trademark Blog

AUGUST 18, 2021

Why not file a patent application? Deciding whether or not to file a patent application is not easy. If you knew for sure that your new product would be a huge success, then the decision to apply for a patent would be easy. What are bad reasons for not filing a patent? Will the innovation work?

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Patent Trademark Blog

DECEMBER 13, 2022

Patent prosecution refers to the writing, filing and handling of patent applications. It encompasses the patent examination process from initial filing to the grant, including all the back-and-forth responses with the USPTO. Prosecuting a patent application includes the following: drafting patent application.

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LexBlog IP

MARCH 15, 2022

In the latest example of the escalation of tensions between Russia and the West, Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin last week issued a decree that owners of Russian patents from countries that Russia considers to be unfriendly are no longer entitled to any compensation for compulsory licensing of their patents.

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Dragons' Den

MARCH 14, 2024

We met an IP-savvy bunch of entrepreneurs in the Den this episode. If there are any issues, we let you know, otherwise your trade mark will be granted around 3 to 4 months from the date of your application. View a timeline of the trade mark application process. Is your IP ready for investment? An eye for investment?

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IP Watchdog

DECEMBER 10, 2021

This week in Other Barks & Bites: a recent GAO report makes several recommendations designed to improve the Department of Defense’s lack of expertise in IP valuation and licensing; The U.S.

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Intellectual Property Office Blog

JANUARY 4, 2022

The AI and IP consultation was launched in October. IPO CEO Tim Moss looks at the consultation’s role in the global drive to understand how IP can best support AI innovation, within the framework of the government’s National AI Strategy. So, why are we holding a consultation on AI and IP? ? . AI patent applications ? .

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The IPKat

AUGUST 1, 2023

Priority claims for IP rights allow obtaining an earlier priority date for an IP application based on an earlier IP application in another country. 2) Furthermore, it is permissible to file a utility model in a country by virtue of a right of priority based on the filing of a patent application, and vice versa.

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IPilogue

APRIL 1, 2022

This article is part of a series covering the 5th Annual IP Data & Research Conference, hosted by the Canadian Intellectual Property Office and the Centre for International Governance Innovation. Where do Canadians Patent? Implications for Canada’s Patent Regime.

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LexBlog IP

MARCH 13, 2024

The United States Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”) and the United States Copyright Office (“USCO”) delivered a report to Congress entitled Non-Fungible Tokens and Intellectual Property on March 12, 2024 (“Report”). For now, not much will change from a legislative perspective.

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Patent Trademark Blog

APRIL 5, 2023

One of the most frequent questions I get about getting a patent in China is whether anyone should even bother. Why file a patent overseas when you cannot enforce it? Keep in mind that I am a US patent attorney. Our foreign patent experience has enabled us to counsel our clients on what to expect when filing patents worldwide.

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

CIPET: Institute of Petrochemicals Technology (IPT) at Patia, Bhubaneswar recently took an initiative for organizing a one-day workshop with the IP leading firm Biswajit Sarkar Advocates and IP Attorneys for inspiring young minds to create inventions and innovations so that those inventions can be later provided with patent protection.

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The IPKat

JANUARY 16, 2022

Take shelter in this post and check what was published last week around the IP blogs. A Kat being extra careful while Mercury is retrograde Copyright SpicyIP analysed a recent decision from the Bombay High Court, in which it was decided that ideas cannot be copyrighted but can be protected through the application of confidentiality law.

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SpicyIP

JULY 22, 2023

While there are a number of aspects covered by “Artificial Intelligence”, ranging from definitions to scope, from life-saving to life-threatening, there has been surprisingly limited public policy discussion on the intersection of AI and IP in India. Her area of interest lies in IP and corporate law. Arul Scaria).

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Patent Trademark Blog

MARCH 6, 2024

What is a smarter way to patent a medical device? Medical device patents can make a direct impact on sales as well as create licensing opportunities. Even pending patent applications may help startups raise capital. Let’s look at some smart ways to patent a medical device.

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IIPRD

AUGUST 31, 2022

Companies frequently seek to grow their businesses or enter new markets by acquiring other companies, particularly those with intellectual property (IP) and/or technology. Evolving Significance of IP Due-Diligence for an M&A Transaction. A target’s firm might be reliant on IP in a variety of ways. of such businesses.

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Traverse Legal Blog

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

A main focus in most M&A transactions involves conducting intellectual property (IP) due diligence, including patent due diligence in order to properly assess risk involved in the potential transaction. Have all conveyances, including assignments, been properly recorded for the IP assets with the respective IP offices?

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

The school of Legal studies of the Neotia University, Kolkata and the Patent Promotion and IP cell, TNU took an interest in organising a one-day seminar on Innovation and challenges in Intellectual property Rights: Recent trends in Research and Entrepreneurship in collaboration with Biswajit Sarkar Advocates and IP Attorneys.

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IPilogue

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

A patent protects your intangible property from others’ use, but what happens when patent protection operates in a way that ensures no other innovators can build upon a patented invention? When IP and competition clashes, authorities will step in to regulate as demonstrated in a recent dawn raid.

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Patent Trademark Blog

MAY 15, 2024

Accused infringers cannot file DJ lawsuits simply because they want to challenge particular patents. What if the patent owner sent a friendly letter inviting you to consider taking a license? Does an invitation to license a patent rise to the level of controversy?

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Patent Trademark Blog

OCTOBER 10, 2022

In order to file a PCT application , a Receiving Office (RO) must be selected. For most US practitioners, the default is to select the US as the Receiving Office due to the familiarity of electronically filing patent applications with the USPTO. A dilemma arises when a US-made invention is owned by a foreign applicant.

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IP Watchdog

MARCH 31, 2022

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) is at legal odds with Moderna, claiming that Moderna neglected to add three NIH scientists to Moderna’s patent application on a principal COVID-19 vaccine.

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Patent Trademark Blog

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Is a patent attorney specially licensed? In the US, a patent attorney has at least two licenses, a state bar license and a patent bar license. First, patent attorneys are licensed under a particular state in order to practice law.

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IPilogue

JANUARY 14, 2022

Pina D’Agostino is the Founder and Director of IP Osgoode, the IP Intensive Program, and the IP Innovation Clinic, the Founder and Editor-in-Chief of the IPilogue, the Deputy Editor of the Intellectual Property Journal, and an Associate Professor at Osgoode Hall Law School. 2021 was an exciting year for the IPilogue.

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The IPKat

JULY 22, 2022

The draft International Legal Instrument Relating to Intellectual Property, Genetic Resources and Traditional Knowledge Associated with Genetic Resources This legal instrument will address IP questions about the access to, use of and benefit-sharing in genetic resources (e.g., International License. Copyright: WIPO.

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IP and Legal Filings

DECEMBER 1, 2021

Intellectual Property (IP) has been gaining prominence around the world. The major impact that IP is making in the market is unfathomable. Probably with the large trend of IP awareness the companies are becoming more and more diligent in safeguarding their IP. Patents are the core asset generator for various industries.

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SpicyIP

OCTOBER 7, 2023

We recently came across one such short paper on “ SEP Litigations & Issues in Determining the FRAND License ” published in the September 2023 issue of the Journal of Intellectual Property Rights (see here ) and extended a guest post invitation to its authors to discuss their key arguments. Apple Retail UK Ltd.

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IP Law 360

JUNE 16, 2022

A Patent Trial and Appeal Board panel focused its questions during a hearing Thursday on when a 3G Licensing S.A. wireless communication system patent application was filed as part of an invalidity challenge brought by technology companies accused of infringing the resulting patent.

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Intepat

MAY 15, 2024

Intellectual Property (IP) is a key tool in achieving various goals, including poverty reduction, hunger reduction, health and well-being, education, gender equality, peace, and justice. The development of IP can foster economic growth, innovation, workforce reduction, sustainable cities, and responsible consumption and production.

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The IPKat

FEBRUARY 6, 2022

Take this opportunity not only to renew your energies but also to check what has been going on around the IP blogs. The IPWatchdog published an article discussing controversial aspects of state compulsory ebook and audiobook licensing from a legal and policy perspective, bearing in mind the supremacy of the US Copyright Act over state laws.

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LexBlog IP

MAY 20, 2022

PatentNext Summary: Artificial Intelligence (AI) Patent Application filings continue their explosive growth trend at the U.S. Patent Office (USPTO). At the end of 2020, the USPTO published a report finding an exponential increase in the number of patent application filings from 2002 to 2018.

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SpicyIP

APRIL 7, 2024

Significantly, the agreement requires India to make substantive changes to its provision obligating a patent applicant to furnish information about their foreign applications corresponding to their application in India. She has been working in the field of access to medicines, patents and IP for more than a decade.

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